Table 2. The comparisons of different volume rendering methods.
Indexes |
Space-domain |
Transform-domain |
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FVD | FWVD |
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Method | Ray casting | Splatting | Shear-warp | 3D texture-based | Ray casting | Splatting | |
Categories | Image-order | Object-order | Object-order | Object-order | — | — | — |
References | (104,110) | (113,114) | (115) | (116) | (117) | (118) | (119) |
Image quality | Best | Good | Medium | Bad | Better | Good | Better |
Rendering velocity | Slow | Medium | Fastest | Fast | Fast | Slow | Faster |